The medical college is affiliated to Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.

Dr Banarsi Dass Soni, former Captain in the Indian Military Service, conceived the idea in 1934 and started Arya Medical School in a rented building in Civil Lines, Ludhiana.

DMCH was the first hospital in Punjab to set up a dialysis unit in the nephrology service in 1980.

The college is affiliated to the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab.

The school offers MBBS, MD/MS postgraduate, PG diploma courses and super-specialties.